US Government Distinctions

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Bruce, Robert Pulitzer Prize in History, 1988, for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876

Del Tredici, David Pulitzer Prize in Music, 1980, for “In Memory of a Summer Day.”

Fiedler, Thomas Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, 1991, for his investigative report into an extremist cult’s political tactics, part of a Miami Herald series. During his 2001–2007 tenure as executive editor, the newspaper was awarded two additional Pulitzer Prizes.